SUSE-RU-2026:21240-1: important: Recommended update for gdb

[SLE-UPDATES]

# Recommended update for gdb

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:21240-1  
Release Date: 2026-04-21T10:46:22Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1238724
  * bsc#1249147
  * bsc#1251213
  * bsc#1257111

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2
  * SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.2

  
  
An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for gdb fixes the following issues:

Changes in gdb:

  * Re-enable ptype /o for flexible array member types (swo#33966, bsc#1249147).
  * Fix TUI crash when encountering a debuginfod query while entering TUI
    (swo#31449, swo#33794).
  * Fix a case on x86_64/-m32 where displaced stepping steps out of the
    displaced stepping buffer (swo#33997).
  * Fix generation of core files using gcore for glibc 2.42 (swo#33855).
  * Fix slow symbol lookup with dwz-compressed debuginfo (swo#33825,
    bsc#1257111).
  * Fix failure to list source file with dwz-compressed debuginfo (brc#2403580).
  * Fix slow symbol table reading with dwz-compressed debuginfo (swo#33777).
  * Fix heap-use-after-free, reported by TSAN.
  * Fix backtrace through signal trampoline on s390x (swo#33708).
  * Work around recursively defined sle_version on openSUSE Leap 16.0
    (bsc#1238724).

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.2  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-Extras-6.2-604=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * gdb-debuginfo-16.3-160000.4.1
    * gdb-16.3-160000.4.1
    * gdb-debugsource-16.3-160000.4.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238724
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249147
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251213
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257111

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/attachments/20260422/40601cc0/attachment.htm>